Interesting stuff I've read lately ...
Another great video from Common Craft, this time explaining all about phishing, in plain English. Fantastic.
Meanwhile, at e-consultancy the subject of what's the best screen resolution for your website has come up. I recently had this conversation with a client after we found that the old idea of designing for 800 x 600 was out of date, and that in fact very few people are still viewing at this resolution.
Over at the Search Engine Guide, Paul Jahn ponders how Twitter can be used for customer service. Funnily enough I've noticed how companies are tracking name checks in Twitter posts. When I recently moaned about how Lastminute.com had been a pain to deal with, suddenly @lastminute was following me. They haven't offered me a free weekend in Talinn yet though.
Part of the problem of brands using Twitter is having the 'broadcast' mentality. In a guest post on Chris Brogan's blog, Keith Burtis explores the alternatives to 'blurting' on Twitter, and if you're going to self-promote how to do it in an appropriate way.
And finally .... John Taylor spotted this example of the perfect ad where context is all. Simple but great, brimming with the 'I wish I'd thought of that!' factor.
Yesterday afternoon something on Twitter caught my eye - a comment from someone that 'Stephen Fry is now following you' was an email that would be going on his Facebook wall. Stephen Fry on Twitter? Naturally I had a look, and there indeed he was, fresh on Twitter just a day or so previously, but with over 700 followers already. This morning there are now 2,700. Nick Broom (@nickbroom) wondered if this was a record.
"Dear Webmaster, I have been browsing and came across your great website!"
I like the name - a bit sexy, a bit retro.





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